He followed the Nile for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations-Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt-to the Mediterranean coast. Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda, where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water, Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the fabled river. His Walking the Nile is a captivating account of a remarkable and unparalleled Nile journey.
English writer, photographer, and explorer Levison Wood is just the latest.
From Alexander the Great and Nero, to Victorian adventurers David Livingstone, John Hanning Speke, and Henry Morton Stanley, the river has seduced men and led them into wild adventures.
The Nile, one of the world's great rivers, has long been an object of fascination and obsession.
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